Floyd off for the South.

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Title: Floyd off for the South.
Collection Title: Patriotic envelope collection. Series I: Civil War envelopes, 1861-1865.
Publisher: New-York Historical Society
Description: Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 in. John B. Floyd on galloping horse carrying bags of money. Tan envelope with black ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'FLOYD OFF FOR THE SOUTH. / All that the Seceding States ask is to be 'let alone.'
Notes: John Buchanan Floyd (June 1, 1806 - August 26, 1863) was the 31st Governor of Virginia, and later the United States Secretary of War. He seceded from the Union and became a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army.
Institution: New-York Historical Society
Identifier: aj23001.jpg
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Subject: Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863
Secession--Southern States
Material type or medium of original: Pictorial envelopes
Patriotic envelopes
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